Sentences with phrase «backing house minority»

The state's largest teacher union announced Wednesday that it is backing House Minority Leader Janet Cruz in her bid to unseat Tampa Republican Sen. Dana Young in Senate District 18.

Last night, Gibson refused to commit to backing House Minority Leader John Boehner, even though the Ohio Republican made a special trip to Saratoga last month to help the neophyte candidate raise campaign cash.

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Jordan pushed back on GOP claims that the bill funded the border wall, asking, «Why do you think [House and Senate Minority Leaders] Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are smiling ear to ear?»

The billionaire businessman's surprise victory has the House minority leader even looking back wistfully on the failed candidacy of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, whom she attacked relentlessly during the 2012 election.

Democrats quickly shot back at Trump including House Minority Nancy Pelosi.

Cuomo is scheduled to attend a rally with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to launch «New York Fights Back» — a campaign to help Democrats re-take control of the House.

With House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi by his side, Cuomo in June announced the «New York Fights Back» campaign designed to help flip the House back to the Democrats by targeting New York RepublicBack» campaign designed to help flip the House back to the Democrats by targeting New York Republicback to the Democrats by targeting New York Republicans.

Back on June 26, 2009, then - Minority Leader John Boehner talked for over 20 minutes and received a ruling from the chair, when Democrats tried to interrupt him, that «it's the custom of the House to hear the leader's remarks» during morning hour speeches.

New York's senior senator isn't psyched about the idea of being back in the minority after serving as one of the most powerful men in the Democrat - controlled upper house.

(CNN)- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she feels a «spirit of pride» thinking back over the new administration's first 100 days, but House Minority Leader John Boehner said it's become clear to him that the idea of bipartisanship «was a ruse.»

Democrats, the minority party, have been aggressively working to grab back 25 seats in the House in order to retake the majority.

The newest member of the House, Illinois Republican Darin LaHood, who will succeed Aaron Schock, has connections to Congress that go back more than 25 years to when his father, Ray LaHood, was a staff member for Robert H. Michel, the House minority leader at the time.

She's backed by Democrats like Christine Jennings, the former Sarasota County Democratic Executive Committee chair, House Minority Leader Janet Cruz and Florida House Victory.

«Scott Stringer has fought for affordable housing, to keep drugs off of our streets and to give more opportunity to minority - backed and women - owned businesses,» Paterson says in the call.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a statement is backing changes to the 421a real - estate tax abatement that include both an affordable housing expansion as well as a prevailing wage component.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said in a new interview that she is «very confident» her party will take back a majority in the House of Representatives and she isn't even considering the possibility of not running for speaker.

Mr. Rangel vowed to lobby House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and the Congressional Black Caucus to back Mr. Wright, and raise money for him across the country.

But Democratic leaders, including House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, have backed former prosecutor Jay Hulings in Texas» 23rd District, signaling they see him as a viable challenger to Hurd.

«While we are in the minority in Congress, we're with the majority of the American people and grassroots support from across the country is fueling our campaign to put control of the House of Representatives back in the people's hands,» Israel said in a statement.

Washington (CNN)- House Minority Leader John Boehner came out forcefully against President Obama's decision to back the construction of an Islamic center near the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan, calling the endorsement «deeply troubling.»

Mr. Obama's walk back seems to be a preemptive strike against Republican House minority leader John Boehner who planned to blast Obama Monday evening, taking umbrage with the President's use of the word enemies to describe Republican opponents.

By stalling action on the majority party's agenda, the minority leader may be able to launch a campaign against a «do - nothing Congress» and convince enough voters to put his party back in charge of the House.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) told Politico «s Jake Sherman last week that an ad claiming she will raise taxes if Democrats take back the House is «accurate.»

(CNN)-- The White House is firing back at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after he told the National Journal that «the single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one - term president.»

On a conference call with reporters, Rep. Debbie Wasserman - Schultz, Democratic National Committee communications director Brad Woodhouse and Ohio Democratic Party chairman Chris Redfern pounded home the message that no matter what House Minority Leader John Boehner says on Tuesday, his policies would bring America back to «the last eight years.»

(CNN) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday to rally Democrats to take back the House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections.

House R's are in the minority, she is a highly targeted congresswoman with her district being very competitive and she is Domenici's protege and will likely enjoy his backing.

In response to a question from TPMDC, House Minority Leader John Boehner backed Tom Donohue, President of the Chamber of Commerce, in saying taxpayers should help pick up the tab.

As a result, minorities are more likely to apply for loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which have similar interest rates to conventional loans.